Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
The new law on elections will allow corrupt individuals to gain a foothold in parliament, said 'Isām al-'Iryān, vice president of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, on Monday. "There is a loophole in the new elections law that allows corrupt people, especially businessmen, who have...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's political party has stressed that it will not be putting forward a candidate for the presidency. Dr. 'Isām al-'Iryān, deputy chairman, and Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī , secretary-general, have both quashed these rumors that they are grooming a potential candidate.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2011
The al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom & Justice Party (FJP) and the salafī al-Nūr party turned down an invitation by the Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) to participate in an "Islamic million-man march in defense of the sharī'ah...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Political Parties' Affairs Committee on June 6, 2011 accepted the documents of the Freedom and Justice Party, Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) party, and the party officially began its activities.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) inaugurated the new building of the MB party "Freedom and Justice" on May 21, 2011, in al-Muqattam.
Each of both potential presidential candidate 'Amr Mūsá and Hamdīn Sabāhī, as well as 'Abd al-'Azīz Hijāzī, Rif'at al-Sa'īd, Sāmih 'Āshūr, Mahfūz 'Azām, Ambassador Rifā'...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Young members of the Muslim Brotherhood are objecting the appointment of MB senior figure Muhammad Mursī as the group's party leader, 'Isām al-'Iryān as its deputy leader and Sa‘d al-Katātnī as its secretary general.
According to a young MB member, their appointment ignored opinions of the party’s...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Muḥammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, the 7th Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, has stated that membership in the group's Freedom and Justice Party is open to all Egyptians even to a dancer who repented and wore hijāb.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
On Wednesday April 13, the Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī’ announced that the MB would be capable of winning 75 percent of seats in Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
He stressed that the MB would nevertheless contain itself, competing for no more than a third of...
Date of source: Friday, April 8, 2011
The Free Egyptians Party is poised to compete the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party in the parliamentary elections, now that most of its members are Muslims," said Najīb Sawirus, a Coptic businessman and the founder of the Free Egyptians Party.
During a meeting held April 7, 2011 in...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
Coptic Pope Shenouda lll has denied any dialogue initiative from Dr. Muhammad Badī’, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Murshid [Guide]. Dr. ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, spokesperson of the MB, believes that the dialogue initiative still exists, asserting that there might have been a misunderstanding in the telephone...